Portrait of Georg H. Schnell

Georg H. Schnell

Acting

Biography

Georg Heinrich Schnell (11 April 1878 – 31 March 1951) was a German actor who remains perhaps best-known for his role as shipowner Harding in Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). Georg appeared in over one hundred films. He was born in Yantai, China. He died in West Berlin, West Germany. Georg is sometimes credited as G.H. Schnell, Georg Heinrich Schnell, Georg Schnell, and George Snell.

Born: April 11, 1878

Place of Birth: Tschifu (now Yantai), China

Filmography

1944
Nora

as Bankpräsident

1944
The Punch Bowl

as Mitglied der Bowlenrunde

1939
Das Gewehr über

as Großkaufmann Thomson

1939
Das Recht auf Liebe

as Oberst v. Kettler

1938
Die Nacht der Entscheidung

as Vorsitzender des Londoner Syndikats

1938
Die kleine und die große Liebe

as Der amerikanische Flugpassagier

1937
Ein Volksfeind

as Ministerialdirektor Prof. Köster

1937
Seven Slaps

as Dr. Lorenz

1937
Alarm in Peking

as Gesandter

1937
Madame Bovary

as Marquis de Andervillier

1937
Die Kronzeugin

as Gerichtsvorsitzender

1936
Das Schloß in Flandern

as Regiments-Adjutant

1935
Der Ammenkönig

as Herr von Geldern

1934
Ferien vom Ich

as Dr. Hartung

1934
Die Insel

as Hollen

1934
1932
Kampf

as Kurt Harder

1932
Tannenberg

as General der Kavallerie Shilinski

1930
1930
The Flame of Love

as Grand Duke

1930
Das Donkosakenlied

as Fürst Sagarin

1928
Hurrah! I'm Alive!

as Joe Jefferson

1928
The Old Fritz II

as Großkanzler Fürst

1926
Die Mühle von Sanssouci

as General Seydlitz

1922
Nosferatu

as Harding

1919
Die Schuld

as Jürgen Halström

1919
Her Sport

as Rudolf Walters